Signs and Symptoms of Malaria

Malaria

Introduction to Malaria

Malaria is a deadly disease, responsible for 300,000,000 malaria-infected people and over a million deaths annually. It is caused by malaria parasites that have infected mosquitoes, so the disease is transferred into a person’s blood when the mosquito bites us. Malaria-diseased people experience fevers and chills that lingers every few days. The diagnosis of malaria is identified in their blood along with the symptoms. Malaria requires different treatment for mild cases or more severe ones, like mild circumstances usually need an oral medication, but serious conditions need a hospital visit. Again, the aftermath of a person with malaria depends on how dangerous it is, but full recovery is expected for moderate malaria. The prevention of malaria is mainly eluding mosquitoes and taking antimalarial medicines. Hopefully, you will understand the fatality that malaria has caused, and acknowledge it.

Cause of Malaria Malaria is caused by mosquitoes infected with certain parasites. You can be infected by a mosquito with the parasites P. Falciparum, P. Vivax, P. Malariae, P. Ovale, and P. Knowlesi. In the first couple of days after being infected with P. Falciparum, you might encounter life-threatening situations. People who are infected with P. Vivax, P. Malariae, or P. Ovale are not in much danger of death, and most can recover without treatment. Alternatively, P. Knowlesi can be lethal. When an infected mosquito bites a person, they get malaria. Other mosquitoes that bite that person can spread the disease, so you can get malaria directly from a parasite-infected mosquito or a mosquito that bit someone who already...

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...quine (Aralen), mefloquine (Larium), primaquine, pyrimethamine (Daraprim), and quinine.

Malaria: Conclusion This dangerous disease should be recognized as a threat and menace, so the oblivious should become aware of all the deaths caused in a year by malaria. To sum it all up, malaria is caused by parasite-infected mosquitoes, signs of malaria are basically changes in temperature from colds to fevers, it is diagnosed by extinguishable malaria parasites in the blood and treatment is determined by the severity of the disease, the outcome is usually complete recovery and in some cases, death is the only way out, and preventing malaria is all about preventing mosquitoes Again, malaria is a disastrous disease, one you don’t want to get; one that no one wants to get. Malaria is a disease worth knowing about, because it has killed an immense amount of people.